More Questions on History
- Q. The first Indian who was elected to the leadership of the Communist International was
A)SS Joshi
B)SA Dange
C)MN Roy
D)PC Joshi
Answer: MN Roy
- Q. Swami Vivekananda attended the World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in __________
A)1876
B)1863
C)1893
D)1897
Answer: 1893
- Q. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A)Hunter Commission
B)Macaulay's Minute
C)Charter Act
D)Wood's Despatch
Answer: Wood's Despatch
- Q. The first Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. The Home Rule Movement was aimed at
A)complete autonomy to India
B)complete independence for India
C)self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
D)larger participation of Indians in India's administration
Answer: self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
- Q. Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
A)Surendra Sai
B)Kattabomman
C)Utirat Singh
D)Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
Answer: Surendra Sai
- Q. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
A)Aravidu
B)Chandragiri
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu
Answer: Hampi
- Q. The Home Rule League was formed during the
A)Partition of Bengal
B)First World War
C)Struggle following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
D)Implementation of Minto-Morley Reforms
Answer: First World War
- Q. Which was the second capital of Akbar?
A)Agra
B)Delhi
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Patna
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Aurangzeb died in the year
A)1764
B)1760
C)1707
D)1700
Answer: 1707
- Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
A)Samugarh
B)Dharmat
C)Deorai
D)Khajwa
Answer: Samugarh
- Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
A)Madina
B)Baghdad
C)Kahira
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. Which Nazi Field Marshal is known as the ‘Desert Fox’
A)Erwin Rommel
B)Viktor Brack
C)Hans Frank
D)Hermann Goring
Answer: Erwin Rommel
- Q. Who among the following had been a high court judge, an economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC, besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru?
A)Pheroze Shah Mehta
B)Surendranath Banerjee
C)Mahadev Gobind Ranade
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Mahadev Gobind Ranade
- Q. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following
A)Upanishads
B)Tripitakas
C)Angas
D)Aranyakas
Answer: Tripitakas
- Q. Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place
A)Jahandar Shah
B)Shah Alam II
C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
D)Humayun
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Q. Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India
A)Comwallis
B)Clive
C)Warren Hastings
D)Wellesley
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was ended with the signed of
A)Treaty of Munich
B)Treaty of Vienna
C)Treaty of Paris
D)Treaty of Versailles
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
- Q. The policy of ‘imperial preferences’ adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the
A)London Agreement
B)Hong Kong Agreement
C)Ottawa Agreement
D)Paris Agreement
Answer: Ottawa Agreement
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